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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11388
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14315
13 Actual Demand 11102
14 Aggregate Planning 12033
15 Air Cargo 9958
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6553
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34709
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15272
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19071
20 Assembly Line 22026
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22834
22 Average Speed of Answer 26472
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22921
24 Batch Production 38018
25 Bill Discounting 14348
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11057
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7046
28 Blanket Release 9899
29 Bonded Warehouse 9974
30 Booking Number 13626
31 Bottleneck 9382
32 Buffer Stock 58829
33 Build to Stock 12834
34 Bullwhip Effect 9446
35 Business Logistics 25407
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12455
37 Capacity Management 40100
38 Capacity Utilization 13953
39 Capital Intensive 8271
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8577
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12001
42 Certified Supplier 8898
43 Channel Effectiveness 8852
44 Co-Destiny 9178
45 Co-managed Inventory 12349
46 Co-Packers 11666
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6759
48 Computer-Based Training 7605
49 Consular Invoice 19559
50 Container Depot 10514
51 Container Freight Station 10212
52 Continuous Replenishment 19353
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11958
54 Contract Carrier 7268
55 Contract of Affreightment 11312
56 Control Charts 7874
57 Cost Flow 10176
58 Courier Service 15082
59 CPFR 8122
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11677
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43837
62 Date Code 18046
63 Days of Supply 19683
64 Dead on Arrival 9099
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7216
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8002
67 Detective Control 8813
68 Devanning 14120
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10753
70 Dispatching 24181
71 Distributed Inventory 8267
72 Distribution Channel Management 34458
73 Distribution Metrics 8951
74 Distribution Planning 24071
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15064
76 Double Marginalization 52459
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22163
78 Dual 5370
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20473
80 Echelon Inventory 26025
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38133
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49352
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7523
84 Efficient Frontier 25276
85 Engineer-to-Order 31551
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16228
87 Erlang B Formula 9245
88 ETD 8229
89 Ex Works 7764
90 Exception Rate 13341
91 Exponential smoothing 9740
92 External Growth 9955
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9334
94 Field Services 7673
95 Field Warehouse 9910
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8639
97 Fishbone Diagram 14498
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26818
99 Flow Through Distribution 12199
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8065
101 FOB Destination 12903
102 Forward buying 29916
103 Freight Charge 10232
104 Freight Consolidation 7442
105 Gantt Chart 8212
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11603
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29401
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12573
109 Hub 23260
110 Idle Time 7977
 
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